Wolf Yi and several henchmen under his command, as well as the five hundred elite soldiers and horses of the forward battalion, were quickly prepared, and under the watchful eye of Li An, they boarded six pirate ships respectively.

These six pirate ships vary in size, the largest one is the one of the wolf one, there are two larger pirate ships, and the other three are smaller but also maneuverable.

Seeing that the six pirate ships hoisted their flags and sailed for Malacca, a smile appeared on the corner of Ang Lee's mouth, and asked the steam fleet to slow down and keep a distance from the pirate fleet, so as not to enter the waters of Malacca in advance and be discovered by the pirates, if so, the consequences would be more serious.

"Big brother, don't worry! Wolf Yi will definitely be able to complete this task well, we just need to cooperate well, don't worry too much. ”

Li Feiyu said.

Li An nodded and said: "I know this, for the sake of his own future, he will definitely work hard to complete the task, however, we don't know the black wolf, don't be afraid of anything else, I'm afraid that the black wolf is too cunning and not easily fooled." ”

"Big brother, what do you think is the chance that the black wolf will be able to see through our scheme?"

Li Feiyu asked.

Li An said: "Haha, one percent, at most one percent!" ”

"Big brother, pirates are all rude men, their hearts are not so fine, and the relationship between Wolf Yi and the black wolf is not ordinary, and the black wolf will not doubt his brother."

Li Feiyu said.

Li An said seriously: "On the day of the black wolf's birthday, all the leaders with heads and faces will eat and drink to their heart's content, but there must be many who are responsible for the safety of the duty, but I don't know how many guards and pirates are around the big tent on the day of the black wolf's birthday, and how they are arranged. ”

"On this happy day, as long as there is no serious threat from foreign enemies, the location of the pirate tent should not be deployed too many guards, otherwise, it looks like a big enemy, it will also frighten the guests, according to my estimate, at most one or two hundred people will be about the same, and there may be more people on the periphery, but they can't react in a short time, and when they get the news that the big tent has been attacked, our army's ironclad artillery brigade has landed in the harbor."

Li Feiyu analyzed.

Li An nodded and said, "I think so too, but I'm just a little uneasy, I hope my worries are superfluous." ”

"Don't worry, big brother! Your worries must be unnecessary, so let's drift at sea for a few more days, and then take down the black wolf and many big and small bosses in one fell swoop. ”

Li Feiyu said excitedly.

Although he has made up his mind to cooperate with Datang to betray the black wolf and seek a future for himself, but really do it, his heart is somewhat unpleasant, although the brothers are in a relationship of using each other, but he and the black wolf are still very tacit, never tearing their faces, and have always maintained the alliance relationship between each other, now, he is going to capture the black wolf, how can this heart be calm.

In the eyes of a rough person like Wolf Yi, everything should be done in a bright and bright manner, and there should be no sneak attacks and small actions behind people's backs, which is what a manly man does, and this time, he is clearly going to celebrate his birthday, but in private he is going to raid the person who is celebrated on his birthday, which is somewhat a villain, which makes his heart a little uncomfortable, but there is no choice, he can only do this, and the inner torment can be imagined.

The thing that worries the wolf the most is that he can't maintain his calm mood, in case he remembers some brotherhood after seeing the black wolf, and can't bear to attack the black wolf, then, the task will not be completed, in this way, it will be difficult for him to offset the sins he has committed with his merits, and the ending of the black wolf will not change, and he will definitely be captured by the Tang army in the end.

"It's just a relationship of interest, no brotherhood, no bullshit."

The wolf only constantly hinted to himself that he hated and hated the black wolf, so that he could complete this task calmly.

"King, what's wrong with you, why is your whole face red."

The little leader on the side looked at Wolf One and asked suspiciously.

"It's nothing, you remember, this time we must complete the task given to us by Li Shilang, and we must not care about brotherhood."

Wolf One emphasized.

"Don't worry! King, do we all expect to be the general of the Tang Dynasty? After becoming the general of the Tang Dynasty, you can no longer live this kind of frightened life, so let's be restrained! It's not a big deal. ”

The little leader replied with a smile.

"It's best if you can think like this, remember, when you act that day, you must attack quickly and completely control the big tent, by the way, have you brought enough sweat medicine."

Wolf asked.

"Don't worry, King! We brought two jars of sweat medicine, enough to put down 100,000 horses, enough to use. ”

The little boss said.

"Well, that's really good, let the brothers of the forward battalion pay attention to the direction, don't go wrong, and get to Malacca as soon as possible, there is no need to stop at the Dragon's Tooth Gate halfway, anyway, the water and food we carry are sufficient, and there is no need to replenish."

Wolf said.

"Yes, my lord, we understand."

The henchman's subordinates responded.

In Malacca, the small pirate leader Wang Liu, and seven groups of men and horses under his command carefully explored the pirate defense of the island in different major areas every day, and after returning to the cabin, the detected situation was drawn on the drawings and spliced with each other, so as to figure out the pirate deployment and terrain and landform characteristics of the entire area, and serve Ang Lee to completely eradicate the pirates.

"Sixth brother, we have been exploring for many days, and we have basically figured out the situation within a radius of fifty miles in the vicinity, so we don't need to continue today!"

After days of exploring, walking back and forth on the rugged terrain, the soldiers of the forward battalion were really very tired and needed to take a good rest to replenish their physical strength and spirit.

Wang Liu looked at the map, nodded and said, "Okay!" Take a day off. By the way, this map must be well hidden, and it must not be discovered by the black wolf's people, otherwise, we will be completely finished. ”

"Sixth brother, don't worry, we will definitely hide it."

Wang Liu nodded, led a few brothers, and continued to invite the little leader around the black wolf to drink, in order to get more valuable news, and all the behaviors of Wang Liu's party did not arouse the suspicion of the black wolf, after all, his birthday banquet is coming soon, and all branches and people who are pleasing have brought a lot of subordinates to congratulate him on his birthday.

Malacca is not very far from the island, and the pirate ship arrived after a few days at sea.

Looking at the port of Malacca, the wolf breathed a sigh of relief, what should come will come after all, and what he has to face, he still has to face after all.

"King, it's already in Malacca, let's dock!"

A small leader asked.

The wolf smiled and said, "What about more than ten miles?" Send a small boat to the shore at once, and tell them the news of our arrival, so that when we get ashore, the black wolf himself will come to meet us. ”

With the wolf's understanding of the black wolf, as long as he learns that he is here in person, the black wolf will definitely greet him personally, after all, he has five thousand men under his command, and he is a powerful force that needs to be won over very much, and the black wolf is not stupid, and he will definitely find a way to win it over.

"King, let's just go directly to the shore, why do we want the black wolf to greet us, we didn't really celebrate our birthday this time, we just wanted to catch the black wolf and let them greet it in person, isn't it a little inappropriate."

A small boss felt emotionally unacceptable.

"Why, are you soft-hearted? Lao Tzu is a wolf, which time he came over was not greeted by the black wolf himself, in case he quietly landed this time, it would make the black wolf see the flaws, in that case, we may not be able to complete the task because of exposure. ”

The wolf taught his subordinates a lesson.

"It's still the king's thoughtfulness, and his subordinates understand."

Soon, a smaller pirate ship quickly docked, and a small boss ran to the dock.

"What part are you from?"

The little boss on the desk greeted.

"Our king wolf, come to celebrate the birthday of the black king, and the king's fleet is behind."

The small boss reported.

"The king himself is here, great, I'll go and report to the king."

The little leader knew that his king was talking about Wolf One all day long, and when he heard that Wolf One himself was coming, he hurriedly ran to report, as if he would be rewarded after his hard work.

At this moment, the black wolf was indeed talking about Wolf One, and even called Wang Liu.

Because his birthday is tomorrow, and it is already afternoon, and Wolf One is still nowhere to be seen, which makes him very unhappy, and all the people with heads and faces nearby are here, but Wolf One is missing.

"Wang Liu, didn't you say that my wolf brother will arrive in a few days? Why hasn't it been so long, tomorrow is the king's birthday. ”

The black wolf questioned Wang Liu, with the meaning of reproach.

Wang Liu knew it in his heart, but he pretended to have an anxious expression and explained: "The Black King is angry, maybe there was a storm on the road, or it should have arrived, but what our King said must count, he will definitely come on time to congratulate the Black King on his birthday, so he will arrive tonight." ”

"Well, I hope what you said is true, this king's birthday, if there is no wolf brother to attend, it will be a pity, come, continue to drink."

The black wolf is also helpless, the wolf did not arrive, what can he do, except to wait or wait, there is no mobile phone in this era, and there is no satellite signal, the contact between people is still very difficult, and the people who are waiting have not arrived, so they can only do it in a hurry.

"Good news, my lord! The Great King has arrived, and is less than ten miles from the port, and will soon be on the shore. ”

The little boss ran over and reported excitedly.

"What, my wolf brother is here, it's great, let's go and meet the wolf brother, hahaha!"

The black wolf stroked his beard excitedly, and took a group of subordinates to the port to welcome the arrival of the wolf.

When the black wolf and his party arrived at the port, Wolf One's boat just began to dock and stretched out the suspension ladder.

"Oops! Brother Black Wolf, long time no see? I miss my brother, hahahaha! ”

The black wolf's voice is very majestic, and it is estimated that it can be heard from ten miles away.

"Big brother black wolf, little brother misses you too! Didn't I come to see you? ”

The wolf pretended to be very enthusiastic, and hurriedly walked down the suspension ladder, walked to the side of the black wolf, and hugged the black wolf.

"Brother, why did it take you so long to arrive, but I'm really anxious to die brother, since Wang Liu said that you want to come in person, I have been waiting, and finally I waited for you, hahaha!"

The black wolf is a little out of the preamble when he speaks.

Wolf Yi explained: "Big brother black wolf doesn't know, along the way, we encountered a storm, and finally avoided it, delayed some trips, and made big brother worry." ”

"Storm, you have encountered a storm, have you suffered serious damage? There are no brothers who are hurt. ”

The black wolf asked with a concerned face.

The wolf shook his head and said: "Fortunately, the brother avoided it quickly, the fleet did not lose the slightest, and moreover, he also picked up a lot of things, it seems that they belonged to the brothers under the command of the eldest brother, I don't know if they have encountered an accident." ”

"Oh, something, show it to me."

The black wolf suddenly thought that all the brothers sent to Rising Sea Island had disappeared, and he suddenly had a bad premonition.

As soon as the wolf made a look, the brother behind him immediately took a lot of personal belongings, as well as the flag of the ship, and put them in front of the black wolf.

The black wolf only glanced at it, and recognized some of the items, which were indeed carried by the missing brother he had sent out.

In fact, these people are not missing? All of them were captured by Ang Lee's sailors, and the items were seized after the pirates were captured, and, on Ang Lee's orders, they were kept soaked in the sea to create the illusion of being soaked in water for a long time.

Looking at the items soaked in the sea, the black wolf can even guess that his brother has had an accident for a few days, after all, he is an expert, and can confirm the time when the item fell into the sea according to the state of the item soaked in the seawater, just like a doctor in later generations, who can judge the approximate time of the deceased's death according to the degree of decomposition of the corpse.

"Where did the wolf brothers find these items?"

The black wolf asked with concern.

Wolf Yi lied and said: "Big brother black wolf, we found it before the storm near the Dragon's Tooth Gate, and we just fished these things up, and suddenly there was a storm, so we quickly avoided the tragedy of the ship's destruction and death." ”

In the Tang Dynasty, when shipbuilding technology was not developed, the tonnage of sea ships was generally not as good as that of later sea ships, and the level of resistance to wind waves and storms was naturally relatively low, especially small sea ships of less than 1,000 tons, once they encountered strong storms on the vast sea, they often had to face great dangers, and it was very likely that the whole ship would capsize, and none of the crew survived the tragedy.